Thomas F. Grohman

Thomas F. Grohman

Areas of Practice

Tom's practice emphasizes business transactions and general corporate matters with special focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, joint ventures and cross-border business acquisitions. Tom represents both U.S. and foreign-based buyers and sellers of private and public companies. He serves as chair of Lane Powell's Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group.

Practice Group and Specialty Team Membership

· Chair, Lane Powell Corporate Finance and Securities Practice Group

· Chair, Lane Powell Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group

· Business

· Emerging Companies and Venture Investment

· Financial Institutions

· International Business

· Manufacturing

· Real Estate

Representative Transactions

· Sale by Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) of Faconnable SAS to M1 Global

· Sale by KAREC FCI, Inc. of a majority interest in Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, LP to Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership

· Sale of Advanced H2O, LLC to HM Advanced Holdings, LLC, Inc. a private equity group

· Sale of Java Trading Co., Inc. and Java Trading Co. International to Distant Lands Trading Co.

· Acquisition by Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) of a majority interest in Just Jeffrey, Inc. and JKS Enterprises

· Acquisition by Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership of an interest in Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, Inc.

· Sale of Advanced H2O, Inc. to LaSalle Capital

· Private equity purchase of a majority interest in Avatar Holdings, LLC

· Private equity purchase of Anderson Chamberlin, Inc.

· Private equity purchase of Essential Baking Company

· Sale of Abacus Engineered Systems, Inc. to TAC Americas, Inc.

· Sale of Metropolitan Travel, Inc. to Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE)

· Sale of Majiq, Inc. to TietoEnator, Inc.

· Sale of Doellken Woodtape, Inc.'s wood products division to Edgemate, Inc.

· Sale of Primal, Inc. to Nura, Inc.

· Sale of Imagex.com to Kinko's

· Advanced H2O, Inc. private stock financing and the purchase of bottling-plant and production-facility from CC Beverage, a U.S. subsidiary of Clearly Canadian Beverage.

· Sale of Highwire, Inc. to Galileo International, Inc., a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD).

· Sale of DataChannel, Inc. to Netegrity, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE).

· ImageX.com acquisition of CreativePro.com, Inc.

· Enchanted Parks sale to Six Flags Theme Parks.

· Hanson Pipe and Products, Inc. acquisition of Pacific International Pipe Enterprises, Inc. and Pacific International Pipe Enterprises of Washington, Inc.

· Hanson Pipe and Products Northwest, Inc. acquisition of assets from Hydro Conduit Corporation.

· Hanson Building Products sale of Acme Materials and Construction to Oldcastle, Inc.

· Acquisition of North American Sales, Inc. and Pneuma-O-Ring International by Brokk, Inc.

· Döllken Kunststoff verarbeitung GmbH acquisition of American Profiles Company and Canada Woodtape, Inc.

Awards and Honors

· Listed in "Best Lawyers" survey published by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, 2006 - 2007

· Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America® 2006-2010

· Recommended in PLC Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook 2007/08

Professional and Community Activities

· Corporate Counsel Section of the King County Bar Association

· Member Board of Advisors, Gonzaga Law School Commercial Law Center